Sdtrk Section

The skateboard culture of the 1980s played a huge part in my development. At that time, it wasn’t the internationally-accepted action-sport that it is today. It was a somewhat rebellious activity, frowned upon by the upstanding members of the community and city council. Nonetheless…

–Just as Stonerokk and I try to inject a little quirk into the DJ world.

Here is a clip from Future Primitive; You can enjoy Johnny Rad at 2:12

Skateboard nostolgia has become “cool” these days. Pro models are reissued, the skate videos committed to DVD, everybody is OG because their parents gave them a full deck with skidplate/rails/coper/nosebone for Christmas back when. But not many fought the football players during freshman year. Got me?

And I faded the Rollerbladers on my weekends.

So here’s a real piece of skateboard nostolgia that I just unearthed from my archives, something that you can’t buy in a store tomorrow. You could only steal it from the telephone pole it was stapled to back in 1989 like I did, on Santa Monica Blvd and 14th Street after a session at McKinley.

2 Responses to Sdtrk Section

Dang thanks for postin this one up!! I also remember the day I got the Animal Chin video about a week after it came out. I think I wore that VHS tape out within a month or so. Do you remember "ACTION EAST"? I guess it was the equivalent to what ZOO YORK is nowdays. Well anyway I still have the action east video somewhere. It was the first company that Mike Vallely was on. HO HO's and all!!!

Wow, thanks so much Graham. I stapled that flyer back in 1989. Johnny Rad is playin’ shows again. Wanna go slumming and do a gig with us ? The singer in our guitarist band is setting up a gig at the Echo (where she waitresses) serially, she sings with Mobey on those late night TV Shows . . . come on, help us out, . . .Shepard Fairy did a benifit there last Sunday, (DJ Diabetic) . . . noboby knows who Johnny Rad is cept’ skaters . . . give back to your roots. . . Johnny’s still doing commercials and acting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGQyv-43334 cept 1995 was a while ago, do we gotta beg like the bud lite guy, Johnny [Rad] ?

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While the term "DJ" becomes increasingly misappropriated, StoneRokk and Graham Funke have embarked upon a mission to restore some of the fun and return some of the luster to the craft. With creative programming, a master display of technique, and a strong opinion, they hope to dispel the celebutants and new-jack wannabes that have inundated both the nightlife community and the media at large.